Automatic Naming of Grids

[Brandon-W_DWa]

In order to automatically name a new grid, what workflow does AC want me to adhere to? Creating a grid system is simple enough and automatically names the grids you establish in the grid system dialogue, but what about adding a single new grid on the fly, in the model space? It seems that no matter how I initially establish the grid system or manually duplicate a single grid, the name is always "Custom" in the individual Grid Element Selection Settings (see attached).

I'm not sure I've ever seen the highlighted option available.

Operating system used: Mac Apple Silicon 14.7.1 Sonoma

[runxel · Accepted solution]

This is all very unintuitive but I'll try my best to explain.

This option is only available when having no Grid selected, so before placing new Grid lines. From there on while placing those Grid lines manually you can select a rule and every newly placed one after that will adhere to this rule.

If you want to change an entire existing Grid system you just have to do something very crude: Select the Grid and go to the dialog again. You'll see your settings prepopulated. Now do your changes and hit OK: Everything will be updated in place.

[Brandon-W_DWa]

You're right, that is unintuitive. What this made me realize, however, is that to truly get automated names, you have to set the dialogue appropriately, then manually "point, click, move, click" each grid line. For as long as I can remember, to make another grid line, I would "drag a copy" and snap to where I want it. In that workflow, the automated naming doesn't work.